“Inhabit the Poem is an astounding final book by one of the last century’s finest poetry critics. . . . it’s hard to imagine a critic with her sheer range and depth of knowledge, and the time and willingness to share it, emerging again.” In
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Following the golden thread
The death of Tony Harrison on September 25 (much like the deaths of Geoffrey Hill in 2016 and Seamus Heaney in 2013) brought with it the sad feeling that the great poets of the twentieth century are n...